The share of U.S. soybean acres planted with HT seeds rose from about 7-percent in 1996 and plateaued at 94-percent in 2014, cotton from 2-percent to 91-percent, and corn grew slowly to about 90-percent in 2018.

Demand for GE seeds is affected by the severity of pest infestations, output prices, input prices, and the commercialization of new GE traits.